[Klaus]

The camera is on the way to "Optik Makario" here in Germany ( [url="http://www.h-maccario.de/wordpress/"]http://www.h-maccario.de/wordpress/[/url] ) - the website is presented in German only. My K5 will be the first for the transformation. He has done so for numerous models (Nikon, Canon, etc. pp) including the K7. They started back in 2005 so they've got some experience here.



I will report back, of course. However, this will take a while now. The expected turnaround time is 2-3 weeks. Regarding the recent discussion I postponed the package till today actually.







[quote name='AlbertoM' timestamp='1291293708' post='4697']

Hi Klaus,



I hate the AA filter and I dream a camera without filter... <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

I'm going to purchase a Pentax K5 and I am very sorry to hear that the AA filter is (maybe) strong...



But why Pentax wanted to put a strong filter in a sensor with smaller pixel??

I can understand that a 6Mpix camera is prone to moirè, but a 16MPix camera? Which lens, which f/number, which situation can generate moirè?



Anyway, for example, in this image, I definitely prefer retouch the little moirè instead of use a complex technique of unsharpening

[url="http://photozone.smugmug.com/photos/551754081_WwNJs-O.jpg"]http://photozone.smu...081_WwNJs-O.jpg[/url]



I am also very curious to know how your K5 modified is in term of autofocus, focus at infinite and IR cutting



I don't care if the filter generates a colour shift, because I make myself profiles for camera raw, but if the IR are not filtered, a profile can not correct the shift



Which is the "company" that has removed the filter for you?

maxmax?



I've sent them a mail but they did not reply.....



Thanks

Alberto

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